DS90TL PROBLEM

[Randy Johnson_6]

I have downloaded the manual.

Andreas provided some sample scripts with terminal server cmds of how to setup TCP/IP and telnet on DECserver. I am assuming it is in his attachment...

[Randy Johnson_6]

I doubled click on the attachment, saved the file to my desk top, FTP'ed the file to my Alpha in both text and binary mode. I am using UNZIP 5.42 by Info-ZIP..

In text mode I get:
UNZIP52 -l DS90TL_TCPIP_CMDS_TEXT.ZIP

Error: zipfile is in variable-length record format. Please
run "bilf l DGA3:[SXC_CIGNA_PROD]DS90TL_TCPIP_CMDS_TEXT.ZIP;1" to convert t
he zipfile to stream-LF
record format. (BILF is available at various VMS archives.)
NOTE: I am trying to find BILF

In binary mode I get:
UNZIP52 -l DS90TL_TCPIP_CMDS_BINARY.ZIP
Archive: DGA3:[SXC_CIGNA_PROD]DS90TL_TCPIP_CMDS_BINARY.ZIP;1
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in ds90tl_tcpip_cmds_binary.zip,
and cannot find DGA3:[SXC_CIGNA_PROD]DS90TL_TCPIP_CMDS_BINARY.ZIP;1.zip,
period.

Steven - Could you EMail me the *.TXT files??


Randy,

[Hoff]

This with unzip 5.42? Really? (I thought only HP was using zip and unzip that ancient and that buggy.)

Try it again with unzip 5.52 (current released version), and see if you get any further. The more recent versions have cleaned up a whole lot of "fun" with the tools...

The pre-built image versions of zip and unzip found on the OpenVMS Freeware V8.0 distro (see http://mvb.saic.com/) were deliberately built against very old OpenVMS releases, so they should work on most anything folks might have)

As for ftp, it's binary transfers all the way.

[Hoff]

If you're downloading with a web browser, some of the web browsers can make odd ftp transfer choices. In particular, there are some differences in the defaults for unrecognized file extensions; browser-based zip file downloads need to be binary. Put another way, if this is Windows and IE, try Firefox. If this is Windows and Firefox, try IE.

I just downloaded the zipped attachment on a Mac OS X box running Safari, and it unpacked just fine.

If you're doing direct manual binary ftp downloads from ITRC, then ignore this.

[Randy Johnson_6]

How do I do a "direct manual binary ftp downloads from ITRC" ????

Randy,

[Randy Johnson_6]

I tried unzip 5.52 and got the same error messages..

Randy,

[Steven Schweda]

> I doubled click on the attachment,

So, you're running some version of some Web
browser on some system of some type?

> saved the file to my desk top,

Ah. _Now_ I understand. A system of some
type which has some relationship with your
desk. Thanks for clearing that up.

> How do I do a "direct manual binary ftp
> downloads from ITRC" ????

You might just run a Web browser on your VMS
system. It worked for me. Or try something
like:

wget http://antinode.info/ftp/misc/294722.zip

Or do whatever you need to do to keep your
(unspecified) Web browser from corrupting the
file as it's downloaded from the ITRC.

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi Randy,

I think it's an IE7 problem... I get "The Compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid or corrupted" using XP's built in zip handling, after downloading the attachment via IE7.

Downloading the same file with Firefox, or Perl's lwp-download and it unzips fine with XP.

Cheers,

Rob

[Randy Johnson_6]

Rob, you hit it on the head.. Since my company will not allow me to install Firefox on my office computer, I installed it om my home PC and downloaded the zip attachment. I copied it to a stick and downloaded it to my Alpha and Unzipped it with no problem..

Now the fun begins setting up the DecServer for TCP/IP and accessing the ports..

Randy,

[Verne Britton]

if you have a Multinet support contract with Process, they may have some ideas too :-)


Verne
(happy Multinet user)